Week in Review: Top Pasadena Stories of the Week

The Editors of Pasadena Now go through over 100 articles published this week on our site and cull the top 26 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Story:

Public Safety Committee Encounters Rough Start in Special Meeting

Few Differences in Pasadena Unified Candidate Positions

Governor Declares State Of Emergency in Los Angeles County; Pasadena Residents Asked To Report Damage

Special Public Safety Meeting Called, Will Examine Recent Gang Violence, Solutions

Busy City Council Meeting Monday with Four Ordinances Scheduled for Second, Final Readings

 

Government:

Assemblymember Chris Holden Issues Statement on Governor Jerry Brown’s State of the State Address

Senator Portantino Introduces Fertility Preservation Bill

New Water Conservation Regulations Under Review, Level 2 Shortage Restrictions Unlikely to Change

City Committee to Discuss Immigration, ‘Sanctuary City’ Research Today

City’s Design Committee to Examine New Plans for Entrance to Arroyo Seco

Pasadena Unified School Board Will Meet Thursday Evening

Finance Committee to Consider $17.37 Million in Water Revenue Bonds to Refinance 2007 Borrowing

 

Education:

She Turned the World on – and Immaculate Heart High School – with Her Smile

 

Community News:

Weekend Lunar New Year Festival Celebrating the Year of the Rooster at USC Pacific Asia Museum

Caltech Mourns the Passing of Anatol Roshko, 1923–2017

Pets of the Week at the Pasadena Humane Society

Pasadena Police Chief Recaps Recent Critical Incidents

Sierra Madre Playhouse Wins Two Ovation Awards

 

Business Top Story:

Pasadena-based Sunny Slope Water Company and Microvi Unveil World’s Most Advanced Nitrate Removal Technology

 

Public Safety:

Two Good Samaritans Attract a Lot of Attention from Police Early Tuesday Morning

15-Year-Old Arrested for Alleged Assault with a Deadly Weapon

Close Call as Victim Brushes Away Handgun Pointed at Him, Shot Misses

 

Faces:

Former Huntington Hospital Nurse, Union Organizer Receives Award for Her Activism

Caltech Researcher David Anderson Wins Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize

Robert N. Shelton Selected as President of Giant Magellan Telescope Organization

 

Benefits:

Kidspace Children’s Museum’s “Vegas Baby!” Benefit to be Held February 4